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Translation

mind

Word origin

From Latin mens, stem ment-, 'mind', the root behind English mental and French mental.

Origin
Latin
Root
mens
English cognates
mental, mentality

Examples

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His mind works very quickly.

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A healthy mind in a healthy body.

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In my mind I already saw the whole plan.

is the thinking apparatus as an idea, where is the organ you could weigh. The line matches English mind versus brain almost exactly, which makes this an easy one. is the soul, the seat of feeling, and the spirit, so Esperanto lets you keep all three philosophical balls in the air at once. Mensa covers "mental", as in mensa , brain work.

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This word is part of lesson 22.